OBJECTIVE Premenstrual syndrome (PMS) affects millions of women and is known as the most important disorder among them. The very aim of the present study was to evaluate the effects of low dose calcium on severity of PMS. METHODS This study can be considered as a double-blind randomized clinical trial. Female students of Hamadan University of Medical Sciences diagnosed with PMS in 2014 partic...

Background Menstruation cycle is a normal physiological process that is managed differently according to various social and cultural understandings. The aim of this study was to determine the relationship between  attitude and knowledge of female students about menstruation cycle in Urmia city, Iran. Methods and materials In this descriptive cross-sectional study that conducted on 350 female st...

Women take oral contraceptives for contraception but also for menstrual dysfunction treatment. This raises the question of whether or not women with menstrual dysfunction are underrepresented in analyses of menstrual function because oral contraceptive users are excluded. To explore this, the authors examined the history of oral contraceptive use among 1322 Black women and White women, aged 35-...

Previous retrospective studies suggest that the phase of the menstrual cycle at surgery (proliferative versus secretory) for breast cancer may significantly affect patient survival. Fluctuations during the menstrual cycle of the expression of genes involved in metastases in breast cancer tissue have also been reported. We hypothesized that the menstrual phase may also affect similar changes in ...

Aims: To study the efficacy of vitamin E in improving pain severity in cyclical mastalgia in adolescent women. Materials and Methods:In a prospective trial of 194 patients suffering from cyclic mastalgia were advised 400 IU of vitamin E daily for 2 month. Written informed consent was obtained from all participants. Severity of breast pain was evaluated by the Cardiff breast pain score during on...